Metastatic breast carcinoma presenting as cholecystitis

American Surgeon

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 745-747

  Crawford, David L ^a   Yeh, I Tien ^a   Moore, James T ^a  

^a ABINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST METASTASIS; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0029767716     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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